Mendelssohn for stringsWe open the hour with a small sample of a string symphony by Felix Mendelssohn. We hear the Andante movement from his String Symphony No. 2. We hear the New Amsterdam ...
Mendelssohn: Complete String Symphonies (English String Orchestra, William Boughton, cond.; Nimbus, three separate CDs, 59:44, 52:24 and 70:47). To the five orchestral symphonies by which Felix ...
We hear the andante from the String Symphony No. 2, by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). The New Amsterdam Sinfonietta performs it.